Do lenders discriminate against minority and woman entrepreneurs?

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 467-497

  Blanchard, Lloyd ^a   Zhao, Bo ^b   Yinger, John ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lending discrimination; Small business credit

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949212221     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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